Though they’ve been lower compared to a three-year gain after the recession, analysts hope to see the number rise going into 2015. Harsh winter months in early 2014 slowed sales coming into the new year, but with record-low mortgage interest rates and the availability of some great homes (especially in the Puget Sound area), this is the perfect time to find a new home before the rapid buying season of the summer months sets in once again.

Lower mortgage rates means increased affordability, hovering around 4%, which is down about half a percentage point since January. It’s still a buyer’s market, but reports suggest that home sales could improve overall for the year in 2015, driving prices and perhaps even interest rates up. The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo index rose to 58 percent in November, up from 54 the previous month. This signals that sales of newly built homes will improve in the next six months. Generally, ratings above 50 indicate that more builders consider home sale conditions more favorable rather than poor.

Also, the Commerce Department recently reported that applications for building permits rose 4.8% in October to 1.08 million, suggesting that construction may increase in the next year.

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